Rope bondage often entails some form of restraint.  If you are the one being tied, you are putting yourself in someone else’s power and trusting them with your safety and well-being.  If you are the one doing the tying, you are trusting that that person was honest with you about their desires, limits, capabilities and consent to engage in that activity.  Therefore, once you have found a person that you are interested in playing with, it is important to vet anyone you plan on doing it with. Vetting helps you learn if they are known to the local community and what reputation they have.

Vetting is different from Negotiation in that it is mostly about getting a feel for the person you may be tying with, common interests, etc. Vetting is about answering the question, “Do I want to scene with this person at all?” Negotiation focuses mainly on the details of the scene itself.